AGM M14 Scope and bi-pod version Review

Overall Rating

Solid feel and realistic weight
Decent metal content
Realistic looks and proportions
Excellent accuracy
Adjustable sights
Moveable bolt is a lovely touch

Unreliable fire selector (see below). This is the main issue, hence the 5/10 rating
Heavy and long (about 13lb in weight) - not suited for CQB (but then this never was going to be you're CQB rifle!)

The gun feels solid, there is no wobble in the stock. The sights, receiver (except for the section on the right below where the bolt handle comes back), trigger group, sling mounts and outer barrel are all metal - pretty much everything that's metal on the outside of the real gun is metal on this (the top of th stock over the barrel is plastic - not sure whether it is on the real one or not). The wood finish on the stock is really convincing, and is only given away as plastic by the seam line (the stock is moulded in two halves) and when the gun starts to wear scratches and stress marks show it up as plastic and even then only close-up.

The safety catch is in front of the trigger and is easy to use (both to put on and off), though the fire selector is on the right hand side of the rear of the receiver, near the rear sight and isn't too easy to get to if you're used to it being within finger/thumb reach while you hold the weapon in a firing position.

The gun shoots very accurately, even at rages of 100ft plus. The power is pretty reasonable, mine was about 330fps with 0.2g BBs. The rear sights are adjustable, as is the hop-up. The battery is a fiddle to get in, as the wires often get in the way. However, you can fit a large battery in the stock and so you shouldn't need to remove it often anyway. The gun comes with a scope mount which can be removed easily.

This is a very nice gun to use, very comfortable and never had any feeding issues or anything with it. My only problem with it was that my fire selector lever failed to operate after about 1000 rounds fired; the gun would fire only on fully automatic. I sent it back and it came home with a new gearbox and selector unit - problem solved, until it happened again after another 1000 rounds or so. So I sent it back again, and the gearbox was replaced a second time (thankfully under warranty both times). This problem occurred a third time, and so I got it swapped for another type of rifle. This seems to be an inherent reliability issue because it happened to me with 3 separate gearbox/selector units. It was a real shame, as otherwise this rifle is fantastic - like I said, this was the only problem I had with it, but a pretty major problem at that, hence the 5/10 rating.